That’s nearly 60 times the population of Washington, D.C. Over 40 million people use Facebook Privacy Checkup each month. “Whereas conservative activism has, in past cycles, been driven by opposition to Democratic-authored policies or actions … the modern version has been fed by culture-war issues and, more often than not, Trump himself.”ĬESAR YBARRA of FreedomWorks: “We got rolled.”įacebook is taking action to keep its platform safe The bill passed so quickly, in the end, that conservatives had little opportunity to build grassroots opposition and outrage like they did for the Affordable Care Act and other big legislation. “No offense, but not everybody wakes up in the morning and reads Playbook.” (Offense taken!)ĪNOTHER SIDE EFFECT OF THE FOCUS ON MAR-A-LAGO - Some Republicans are warning that the recent focus on the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search allowed Democrats’ massive reconciliation bill to go largely unanswered in the public sphere, Meridith McGraw and Caitlin Oprysko report this morning. They watch their local news, they read their local paper,” one adviser to President JOE BIDEN told us Sunday night. “People don’t watch MSNBC and CNN all day. Many people in Biden world insist they aren’t overly concerned that they won’t be breaking through. But it can be a mixed bag: Trump often takes up all the oxygen in the room, preventing Democrats from getting proactive attention for the issues of their choosing. (3) And then came the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, which again threw Trump into the spotlight.ĭemocrats are hopeful that the FBI/Trump ordeal will give them an opportunity to further differentiate themselves from Republicans with voters. 6 committee hearings wrapped up, with a barrage of new revelations and allegations against former President DONALD TRUMP and his allies. (At the end of May, the national average for a gallon was $4.62, per AAA as of Sunday, it’s down to $3.90.) (2) The first set of Jan. (1) Gas prices have gone down substantially. A few important things have happened since then. In May, high prices topped voters’ list of concerns. Voters ranked “threats to democracy” as a more important issue than cost of living. As Bloomberg put it in a headline Sunday about the role of abortion rights in the election: “Democrats Sense New Optimism for Blunting GOP’s Midterm Gains”Ģ. You can expect Democrats to continue hammering the issue in the 11 weeks remaining before Election Day. Per the pollsters, the biggest contributing factor was (unsurprisingly) the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v.
“That 2-point GOP advantage is down from 17 points in March and 8 points in May.” “According to the survey, 68% of Republicans express a high level of interest in the upcoming election … versus 66% for Democrats,” notes Mark Murray. Democrats have almost eliminated the enthusiasm gap with Republicans. The latest NBC News poll - which still shows Republicans with a lead in the generic congressional ballot - had two data points that stuck out to us:ġ. Gone are the days when pundits confidently predicted a red tsunami. Over the last few weeks - amid a spate of legislative movement, falling gas prices, stumbling Republican Senate candidates and the sense of a growing backlash to efforts to restrict abortion - the fight for control of Congress seems to have tightened. THE SHIFTING CENTER OF ATTENTION - It’s been a long time (months? years?) since we’ve seen national Democrats in such a good mood about their electoral chances. The money will support the NDRC’s legal actions, its voting rights work and its support for candidates in November. The Martha’s Vineyard event will include dinner and a discussion about democracy. 30, along with the organization’s leader, former Attorney General ERIC HOLDER. Fed Chair JEROME POWELL addresses Jackson Hole later in the day ( Bloomberg has a preview).įIRST IN PLAYBOOK - Former President BARACK OBAMA is launching his midterm efforts by headlining a National Democratic Redistricting Committee fundraiser Aug. … Friday: New inflation numbers (the personal-consumption expenditures price index, which is the Fed’s preferred inflation measure) come out at 8:30 a.m. … Thursday: Jackson Hole Economic Symposium opens. … Wednesday: One-year anniversary of House Dems passing a $3.5 trillion framework for the ill-fated Build Back Better package. … Tuesday: Statewide primaries in New York and Florida. and South Korea begin largest joint military exercises in half a decade ( more from Reuters). | Andrew Harnik, File/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY
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